postpone

Definition

Examples

The marketing director decided to postpone the annual conference until next month.

Word Family

Synonyms

• put offhaving a meaning similar to postpone
• delaytime during which some action is awaited

Collocations

• Easy postpone the meeting until tomorrow
  to postpone the meeting until tomorrow, meaning to hold back to a later time
• Medium postpone the product launch date
  to postpone the product launch date, meaning to hold back to a later time
• Hard postpone scheduled dividend distributions
  to postpone scheduled dividend distributions, meaning to hold back to a later time
• Very Hard postpone the inevitable day of reckoning
  to postpone the inevitable day of reckoning, meaning to hold back to a later time
• Medium be postponed due to
  to exist or be in a specified condition regarding postponed due to